Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time. In 2004, after several years of covering the Spurs, he started Project Spurs, a Spurs team fansite as an outlet to provide content to Spurs fans, while continuing to write for himself and learning the ins and outs of online publishing and web design. He has since built a writing team and started a popular weekly Spurs podcast called the Spurscast.

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Irving’s mentality helped defeat Bonner, win 3-Point Contest

Kyrie Irving was featured in the 3-Point Contest on Saturday night, a skill he’s not known much for in the league despite shooting 42% from beyond the arc. The men he was going up against were known for this and probably viewed as favorites for the event, namely San Antonio Spurs’ Matt “Red Mamba” Bonner and New York Knicks’ Steve Novak. These two reserves don’t get many minutes compared to other players, but they’re known for doing one thing very well and this served them as favorites for the event.